Whitfeld, Donald Leslie O'Gorman

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M.A., B.Litt. (Oxon.), Arts and Law : Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment and R.F.C., B.E.F., France and England. Enlisting in London in December, 1915, joined Manchester Regiment but was seconded to R.F.C. in March, 1916, being balloon observer from November, 1916, to April, 1917, and, after sickness, from August, 1917, to December, 1918. Also served on London Aerial Defence (Balloon Aprons ) January to July, 1918, and was demobilised from hospital in March, 1919, returning in August, 1921, after attendance at Oxford. A.M.F. : N.S.W. Lancers, 19 13-15 . Early education at Sydney Grammar School.

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1892

Birth in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 19 December 1892
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1914

Junior Clerk (probation) at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 4 May 1914
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Clerk Associate at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 22 March 1915
1915

Clerk of Arraigns at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 22 March 1915
1915

Enlisted 1 Dec 1915 at Westminster [ London England ]
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
1924

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 1924
1924

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 17 December 1924
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Whitfeld, Eric Francis

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Male

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